Project Moonbase

The happy day has come when your very own favourite retro-futuristic, space-centred, louche, lounge, bachelor pad musical soundtrack aka Project Moonbase – the Historic Sound of the Future, i...

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Dear listener, a new chapter has begun in that evolving space opera we call Project Moonbase as our new website is launched: Please update your bookmarks to point to http://www.projectmoonba...

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Tonight's show features the work of the "Delia Derbyshire of the Atari generation", namely Suzanne Ciani. Suzanne Ciani was a pioneering composer of electronic music making use of banks of modula...

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On tonight's show we wish a very happy 80th birthday to one of the greats of movie music making, John Williams, by playing a selection of his best-loved themes. Being Project Moonbase of course, ...

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It's time to put on snorkel and slippers (is that right?) for an undersea adventure with Project Moonbase. Yes, every track on the show this week has an underwater theme. with music from Al Caiol...

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A very Gong Xi Fa Cai to all our listeners this week as we wish a very belated Happy Chinese New Year to you all. This year is the Year of the Dragon and so we've chosen that as one of the themes...

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This week on the show we kick off a new occasional part-work series of shows in which we aim to introduce listeners to the exciting new world of personal computing. This week's topics include com...

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In preparation for this evening's show (An Introduction to Personal Computing) here is an educational module in which you will learn about important concepts such as Windows, Icons, the Mouse, an...

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Regular listeners to the show will know that we are great enthusiasts of squelchy analogue electronics here at the Moonbase. One of the best events to find out about the tastiest new analogue syn...

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Prompted on the one hand by the inclusion of an owl-themed track on the new Spacedog album and on the other by a seagull-themed track on Jonny Trunk's recently released collection of music and so...

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Chiefly inspired by the remarkable discovery of a whole album's worth of punk covers played on the steel drum(!), we decided it was time to dust off the ripped tartan trousers and attach chains o...

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Those unfeasibly talented gentlemen Peter Serafinowicz and Robert Popper have made a new presentation to celebrate 10 years of Look Around You:

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On the show this week we pay a slightly belated tribute to one of the giants of space age bachelor pad music, Russ Garcia, who sadly passed away towards the end of 2011. Garcia had a very illustr...

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We featured this powerful piece social commentary on the dangers of modern hallucinogenics way back in PMB043 . We're delighted to say that the video for this song has finally been released: So...

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Exciting news reaches the Moonbase that the debut album from friend of the show Sarah Angliss and her band Spacedog , entitled Juice for the Baby, has been released. The album features Sarah o...

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After gorging ourselves on some great music throughout 2011 we thought it seasonally appropriate to collect together some of the tracks which didn't make it into some of the shows last year but w...

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Just managing to squeak this in before the bells, here are ten of our most favourite new releases from 2011 (in alphabetical order). This year was an amazing year for music (both new and old) and...

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We here at the Moonbase would like to thank all our listeners, Twitter followers and Facebook fans for all your loyal support throughout 2011 and hope you continue to put up with the strangeness ...

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Three of the tunes in this week's Christmas special can be enjoyed visually as well as audibly. First, here's a fan-made video to accompany Sean O'Hagan's beautiful Christmas song from 2010, Kab...

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Festive lunar greetings to all our listeners for this week's all-Christmas special! On this week's show we bring you a selection of well-known Christmas favourites played in some very unusual way...

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Help preserve the moral fibre of planet earth for another year. "Please, donate today and help me keep what little dignity I still have." says MCZ Project Moonbase is a show like no other...

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Make sure you're standing inside a Faraday Cage for this episode of Project Moonbase, dear listener as we bring you a show themed around the world of dangerously high-voltage electricity. Liste...

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The release of the rather lovely new album by Japanese duo Lullatone (Soundtracks for Everyday Adventures) prompted us to seek out a selection of tracks either made with or inspired by toy instru...

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A little teaser for this week's show which is all about toy instruments, clockwork machines and circuit bent toys. This is a track from the new release by Felix's Machines : Felix's Machines ...

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As you will know, dear listener, the Moonbase periodically detaches itself from its lunar moorings and hovers over various parts of Scotland. We therefore thought it was about time we played a se...

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